I downloaded VL64-7.1-STD-B1.iso, put it on a usb stick with unetbootin. It would not install on my Lenovo N586, a fairly new machine with 500G hard drive. In both automatic and expert it stopped at "Preparing package Install." This contrasts with VL64-7.1-STD-B0.51.iso, which installed via unetbootin just fine on the same machine. I will download it again, just in case it was a bad download, and report if that fixes it.

Speaking of automatic, I think the loader should explain what partitions it creates.

Happy Thanksgiving! What better way to start the day than testing out a new beta? So far I've done two installs in a vm and one on real hardware.

VL 7.1 B1 is a huge improvement over previous releases.All CPUs are up and running.Setting XFCE4 background to solid color works as intended.Checking a single box during install disables boot splash, for those who prefer it that way.

BTW, a new download of B1 on a different usb stick didn't help. I don't see a place to tell it which partition is boot. Just guessing, but that might be the problem. More likely its the video card in the Lenovo.

ONLY DAUNTING side lies at "missing vliloconf" command, log in as root, no vliloconf command available....now still can't make another botloader for grub2 yet.....always have to edit at grub booting menu for booting to desktop....PLS SUGGESTED WHERE TO GET THE MISSING VLILOCONF PKG?

Did n't find "menu.lst" file under /boot/grub at all, how to edit grub booting menu manually?

So, though I don't understand this md5sum business, as Vincent2 suggests, data is apparently corrupted. However, I see no need to download it again. I have done so twice without success.

Downloaded VL64-7.1-STD-B1.iso and got the same md5sum as sledgehammer.Downloaded VL64-7.1-STD-B0.51toB1.delta and applied it to B0.51. Different result, it matches the official posted md5sum. Does look like the B1 ISO file is corrupt.